xxxma3dl said:
Inland - both the sponsor and spouse live together in Canada when they submitted their sponsorship application
Outland - the sponsor is in Canada, while the person being sponsored is in his/her home country when they submitted their application
to clarify outland, an applicant can be IN OR OUTSIDE of canada while the application processes. there is no rule as to where the applicant must be physically.
for inland, yes, BOTH sponsor AND applicant MUST be living together IN canada.
queenie1525 said:
im confused when you say inland does it mea the principal applicant lives in canada trying to get his/ her partnet outside canada?
and the outland means the papers has been processed outside canada?meaning the principal applicant in canada needs to sent her documents outside canada ?
the "principal applicant" is the person applying for permanent residency. the partner IS the principal applicant. The sponsor is the canadian citizen or pr trying to sponsor their partner for PR status.
When we refer to inland, we are referring to the application that is "sponsoring a spouse in canada class". This means, the sponsor AND the principal applicant are both living together IN canada. A person can NOT apply inland if they are NOT IN canada.
when we refer to outland, we are referring to the application for "sponsoring a spouse outside of canada". This means the application will process at a visa office outside of canada. it has nothing to do with where the principal applicant is physically. the principal applicant can be IN or OUTSIDE of canada during processing.
there are different applications for each stream. just because someone is IN canada when their application is submitted and processed does NOT mean they are automatically being processed in the inland stream.
